Whip-socket.



M ENTED FEB. 24, 1903.

1. 1). GADY. WHIP SOCKET. APPLICATION PILED NOV. 17, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IRA DICADY, or MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

WHIP-SOCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,283, dated Feloruary 24, 1903.

Application filed November 17,1902. Serial No. 131,776. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IRA D. CADY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements in Whip-Holders for Carriages; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a vertical section; Fig. 3, a horizontal section of Fig. 1, taken on the line 3 3; and Fig. 4 the same, taken on the line 4 4.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

My invention relates generally to devices for holding carriage-whips when not in use, and particularly to that class of sockets wherein the whip may be securely locked when so desired and to sockets provided with a reinholding attachment.

My device therefore consists of a semicylindrical fixed portion A, adapted to being secured to the dashboard of a carriage, and of a similar semicylindrical movable portionB,piV- otally affixed thereto. The two principal parts (A and B) may be constructed of sheet metal (by means of dies and stamps) or may be cast of malleable iron,as the manufacturer may elect. The fixed portion Ais provided withthe lugs a, by means of which it is affixedto the dashboard of the carriage, with the annular portion I), to which the movable portion B is pivotally affixed, with the upwardly-extending vertical portion 0, which constitutes the reinholder, and the bottom d. The lugs are laterally pierced and threaded, thus adapting them to receive clamping-screws, by means of which they are affixed to the dashboard of the carriage. The annular portion b is provided with lateral openings 6, by means of which the movable part B is connected therewith and movable therein. These lateral openings e may consist of vertical slits, as

vertical wall f is provided with a keyhole h and the last-named vertical wall with a similar opening i, adapted to receive a latch J. The movableportion B is provided near its lower end with the laterally-extending latch j,'the purpose of which will hereinafter be set forth, and intermediate its length with the laterally extending pins 12;, by means of which it is connected with the fixed part A and upon which it oscillates within the annu lar portion b.

In connecting the parts A and B, I insert the upper end of the movable part B within the annular portion 1) of the fixed part A and slide it upward until its lateral pins k enter the lateral openings e therein, after which I secure the bottom 01 to the fixed part A, after which the parts A and B may not fall apart, the bottom (1 preventing the movable part B from dropping downward far enough to release the pins ]0 from the openings e.

The operation of my device is as follows: The whip may be dropped into the socket and removed therefrom at will, the movable portion B being normally unlocked, the receptacle for the whip (the space intermediate the fixed and movable parts A and B) being of uniform width from top to bottom. When it isdesirable to lock the whip within the socketa's, for instance, when the driver leaves the carriage- -it is only necessary to affix the reins of the harness to the rein-holder c, which is done by pressing them in between the said vertical portion 0 and the upper part of the movable portion B, when the latter will be deflected, (forced over toward the fixed portion,) when the latch j will enter the lateral opening 6 of the vertical wall g, where it will be held by means of the spring-catch thereon, thereby looking it to the vertical portion g of the bottom (1. When the two parts A and B are thus locked apart at their lower ends, their upper ends will be so close together that the whip (being constructed with a tapering handle) cannot be withdrawn therefrom. When it is desirable to release the whip-as, for instance, when the driver returns to the carriage-the driver inserts the key within the keyhole (the lateral perforation h of the vertical portion f) and therewith releases the latch of the movable portion B, when the lower portion of the said movable part B may be pressed inward to its normal position.

It is apparent that my whip-holder may be locked and the whip secured therein without attaching the reins of the harness to the reinholder 0 by simply forcing the upper end of the movable portion B over toward the fixed portion A. It is also apparent that my inven-. tion embodies in one device a whip-holder, a lock therefor, and a rein-holder.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure, 1s

1. The combination in a whip-socket having a fixed portion, and a movable portion affixed thereto, of a foot-piece (1 extending laterally from the lower end of the said fixed portion, underlying the said movable portion, and forming a bottom for both of said portions, said foot portion being fashioned with the upwardly-extending vertical portion f and the inwardly-extending horizontal portion 71 substantially as shown and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination in a whip-socket having a fixed portion and a movable portion pivotally affixed thereto, of the ring 11 constituting a part of the said fixed portion,

said ring being fashioned with lateral openings 6 adapted to receive the laterally-extending pins 70 of the said movable portion, and with the upwardly-extending vertical portion a which portion constitutes a reinholder, substantially as shown and for the purposes specified.

3. The combination in a whip-socket having a fixed portion, and a movable portion pivotally aflixed thereto, of the laterally-extending bottom d, constituting a part of the said fixed portion, and the laterally-extending latch j constituting a part of the said movable portion, said bottom portion being fashioned with the parallel vertical walls f and g, the last-named wall (g) being provided with an opening 1' adapted to receive the outer end of the latch j, and the first-named wall (f) being provided with a similar opening h adapted to receive a key for releasing the said latchj from engagement with the wall 9, substantially as shown and for the purposes specified.

IRA D. CADY.

Witnesses:

E. C. MORSE, H. J. WATERS. 

